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Denbighshire

[ den-bee-sheer, -sher ]

noun

  1. a county in northern Wales. 326 sq. mi. (844 sq. km).


Denbighshire

/ ˈdɛnbɪˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

  1. a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Denbighshire1

From Welsh Dinbych + shire ( def )
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Example Sentences

Soon afterwards it again becomes wholly Welsh for a brief while, and forms the boundary between Denbighshire and Flint.

We would like to thank Llangollen Library, Denbighshire, for allowing access to the copy from which this transcription was made.

The human remains examined by Busk are of precisely the same type as those of Denbighshire.

Wrexam is the largest town in North Wales, and its parish the most numerous; it is the principal town of Denbighshire.

About four-and-thirty years ago I was traveling through Denbighshire upon a mission which needed dispatch.

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